ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari Thursday vowed to shed his powers through the Parliament, asking the government to urgently take appropriate steps for fulfilling the promise of implementing the Charter of Democracy (CoD) made in his recent address to the joint sitting of Parliament. In a letter addressed to the Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, the President said, Whatever is required for implementing the Charter of Democracy-whether by way repealing some sections in the Legal Framework Order, 2002, and the Constitution (Seventeenth Amendment) Act, 2003, or amending other Acts-is the prerogative of the Parliament and is better left to it to decide in its collective wisdom. The Presidents spokesperson Farhatullah Babar said while quoting the President as saying, The Charter of Democracy signed by the democratic parties under the inspiration of our leader Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto along with the Partys manifesto should become the foundational document of our polity. It is our compass in a rough sea and a guide to the future, the Presidents letter said. The President described the CoD as the goal of our political endeavour and a beacon of light towards which we should seek to move. Addressing the Prime Minister, the President in the letter said, in my Addresses to the Parliament last week I had said that the Parliament is the source of all political power and that we are committed to make it supreme in the real sense. Quoting from the Address itself I had said, I urge you, Madam Speaker, to constitute a committee of all political parties to propose amendments in the Constitution in the light of the Charter of Democracy. I had also urged, The amendments should be finalized without any further delay. Apart from correcting the imbalances in the Constitution that have eroded the powers of the Parliament, a sincere implementation of the provisions in the Charter of Democracy would also help promote national reconciliation-the dream of our leader and the need of the hour, the letter said. The clause relating to Truth and Reconciliation Commission in the CoD if developed in to appropriate legislation can really produce a structural framework for a Grand National reconciliation that will enable us to jettison the baggage of the past without necessarily forgetting it. I therefore call upon the government to urgently take appropriate steps to fulfill the promise made in the Address to the Parliament by initiating the process for implementing the Charter of Democracy. This may require repealing some sections in the Legal Framework Order, 2002, and the Constitution (Seventeenth Amendment) Act, 2003, or other amending Acts as the Parliament may, in its collective wisdom, decide. How to best to implement the Cod is of course the prerogative of the Parliament to decide. It is my conviction that the survival and prosperity of the nation lies in adhering to the vision of the Quaid-i-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah for the realization of which our two successive leaders the Quaid-i-Awam Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and Shaheed Mohtarama Benazir Bhutto laid down their lives, the letter concluded.